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caller: i think what they are doing is right trying to get harry reid to do something. why should we pay them? the senate have done nothing if two years and are required by law to come up with a budget. so come up with it senate or go home. host: you think they are going to come up with something? caller: no. because they are cowardly. reid doesn't want him or the president to know what they are ip to because anybody with a lick of sense wouldn't vote for him again then. host: on our republican line? caller: watching the news and call your program and comment because these people the only thing they need so just help in the -- cause nothing but pain for this country. the biggest problem that we really have to look at is they keep going after the president. the debt limit extension or gun control. these are very minor things that can be done domestically in this country. the biggest problem is overseas we have in benghazi and nigeria. these are all distractions and i think they are doing it deliberately to distract the president that something happen that they can blame
caller: i think what they are doing is right trying to get harry reid to do something. why should we pay them? the senate have done nothing if two years and are required by law to come up with a budget. so come up with it senate or go home. host: you think they are going to come up with something? caller: no. because they are cowardly. reid doesn't want him or the president to know what they are ip to because anybody with a lick of sense wouldn't vote for him again then. host: on our republican...
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[laughter] the bad news is, it was in harry reid's handwriting. [laughter] listen, the message is really simple. we have got to start talking to each other, solving problems, we have got to get rid of the ideology and you have got to be fired up to make it happen. the forces of division are fired up. the forces that want to pull us apart and put us into categories are fired up. there has to be support for people who want to solve problems, who want to tell the truth, who want to work a five- day week, who want to do the things that we need to do to get this country going. it is what is on the minds of the public. i was the only candidate in the country where people had a real choice. if you stop and think about it, your choices are determined by the parties by large. in maine, people had a third choice. my favorite comment from the whole state was that people came up to me and said all my life, i wanted a chance to vote for none of the above. and you are it. [laughter] [applause] but the point is, people are more interested in solving the problems
[laughter] the bad news is, it was in harry reid's handwriting. [laughter] listen, the message is really simple. we have got to start talking to each other, solving problems, we have got to get rid of the ideology and you have got to be fired up to make it happen. the forces of division are fired up. the forces that want to pull us apart and put us into categories are fired up. there has to be support for people who want to solve problems, who want to tell the truth, who want to work a five-...
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what about senator harry reid? >> the unity between harry reid and obama -- they had never been closer. has been his soldier on capitol hill. that dynamic is going to remain. they present an unbelievably unified front. you see that cracking a little bit. we will have to see what republicans choose to do. >> preview for us this coming week. >> we will hear from secretary kathleen sebelius. a lot of republicans want to know did she know how serious the problems were. if she didn't, why didn't she? this is going to be a key moment for her. also, what we heard the contractors say -- they are not sure if, under their contract, they can give congress all the information they are requesting. she will answer for that. are alsond means having hearings on the affordable care act. thank you both for being on "newsmakers." we appreciate your time. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> later today, c-span's profiles of two lawmakers to west virginia s
what about senator harry reid? >> the unity between harry reid and obama -- they had never been closer. has been his soldier on capitol hill. that dynamic is going to remain. they present an unbelievably unified front. you see that cracking a little bit. we will have to see what republicans choose to do. >> preview for us this coming week. >> we will hear from secretary kathleen sebelius. a lot of republicans want to know did she know how serious the problems were. if she...
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for somebody like majority leader harry reid -- harry reid, it was the volume of legislation. he thought the chamber was too backed up by the number of bills. under the current system, it could take an entire week to get legislation through, even if it had a near majority support, because of all the different rules involving 30 hours a post- cloture time, and intervening day, another cloture vote, and a cloture vote before it goes to committee. the next thing you know, an entire week of the senate floor time has been chewed up. there are only two years. they take a summer stock. they take plenty of time off. that meant there was a strike -- strict limitation on the amount of legislation that could get through. that has led to judicial vacancies that are at crisis levels. executive vacancies that are at crisis levels. a ton of legislation that i wanted to get to, but they ran out of time. it focused on the volume, rather than the quality. there'll be a 60-vote threshold, but it will move quicker picker -- cooker. -- quicker. host: i want to share with you another headline from
for somebody like majority leader harry reid -- harry reid, it was the volume of legislation. he thought the chamber was too backed up by the number of bills. under the current system, it could take an entire week to get legislation through, even if it had a near majority support, because of all the different rules involving 30 hours a post- cloture time, and intervening day, another cloture vote, and a cloture vote before it goes to committee. the next thing you know, an entire week of the...
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then senate leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell talk with reporters about their parties budget proposals. on the next "washington journal ," we talk with republican representative bill cassity, a member of the energy and progress committee about the health care law and jobs. representative when more is a member of the house budget committee. she will discuss the budget proposed by both parties. the national review senior editor will be here to look at what's america's republicans. "washington journal" is live on c-span everyday at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> when it comes to the secretary of state and the people around her, what i found striking is her ability to stay focused. at all times as much as possible on what is happening. she does not get distracted by the details if they are not important. she has an ability to stay focused on the big picture. how is what is happening in afghanistan impacting what they are doing in the middle east? how was that impacting what they are trying to do in asia? she had a sense of the strategy. she is surrounded by people helping her. she has staff to allo
then senate leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell talk with reporters about their parties budget proposals. on the next "washington journal ," we talk with republican representative bill cassity, a member of the energy and progress committee about the health care law and jobs. representative when more is a member of the house budget committee. she will discuss the budget proposed by both parties. the national review senior editor will be here to look at what's america's republicans....
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like harry reid said, this law has been law for four years. so they should have their stuff together and they should enact the delays aree basically to get past the next election, and i think that if people in this country see what . wretch this is the comment was made by jill that we need to enacted to see what unfairness there is in it. -- thatcy pelosi saying is absurd. congress rightn now, what they know about the bill, they learned after they signed it. houselast night a few members had an interesting suggestion on how to handle this. the senate should bring it up and add both and immigration amendment that would include a path to citizenship to those 12 million undocumented aliens and a tough gun control amendment, then send it back to the house for approval. like the color just said a moment ago -- like the caller just said a moment ago. guest: we would have a divided nation if we did that. regardless of what the callers have said, i think it remains true that this is such a complicated, ambitious thing that the democrats are trying to
like harry reid said, this law has been law for four years. so they should have their stuff together and they should enact the delays aree basically to get past the next election, and i think that if people in this country see what . wretch this is the comment was made by jill that we need to enacted to see what unfairness there is in it. -- thatcy pelosi saying is absurd. congress rightn now, what they know about the bill, they learned after they signed it. houselast night a few members had an...
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host: what about harry reid? guest: it has been interesting to see harry reid taking the role of enforcer, kind of holding the line, almost playing bad cop, telling the president not to yield. the last showdown in the fall. that is a role he continues to play. host: rebecca sinderbrand is our guest. stephen from florida, go ahead. caller: i have a question. [indiscernible] withs brought down explosives on 9/11. host: stephen is a 9/11 truther. dorothy, you are on the "washington journal." we are talking about all attacks. -- politics. republicans do not care about anything except for the rich. they only care about getting elected again. they do not care about the poor. people neede said, to consider themselves like god was, like jesus was. he cared about the poor. it is not about them all the time. there are people in need. the affordable care act. many people need that insurance. it is going to do this or do that. think about the people who died and are going to the doctor. more, $12 more, $30 more, these people
host: what about harry reid? guest: it has been interesting to see harry reid taking the role of enforcer, kind of holding the line, almost playing bad cop, telling the president not to yield. the last showdown in the fall. that is a role he continues to play. host: rebecca sinderbrand is our guest. stephen from florida, go ahead. caller: i have a question. [indiscernible] withs brought down explosives on 9/11. host: stephen is a 9/11 truther. dorothy, you are on the "washington...
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harry reid is due the president's wishes. he has got to get blame for anything that the democrats done -- democrats have done that people do not like. the president is behind all of this. he is the commander in chief. to bed he have to wait shown the derelict in his duties? he couldn't care less about the military. you saw that with benghazi. he did not lift a finger to save those guys that were fighting for their lives and a loud over 30 people to leave libya. the president is a villain. i would not give him a dam thing. give him money when he has added $7 trillion to the national debt in less than five years? that is like giving a kid a credit card with an unlimited amount. that is who he is. host: you and the previous republican caller, both angry with president obama over this. latest upset with this from your own party, from house speaker john boehner? caller: i don't care what he is doing. he is doing it -- he is not doing the right thing. i was there in the senate chambers and they treated me like a bum because i am 70
harry reid is due the president's wishes. he has got to get blame for anything that the democrats done -- democrats have done that people do not like. the president is behind all of this. he is the commander in chief. to bed he have to wait shown the derelict in his duties? he couldn't care less about the military. you saw that with benghazi. he did not lift a finger to save those guys that were fighting for their lives and a loud over 30 people to leave libya. the president is a villain. i...
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harry reid is setting the stage for a vote to advance the new border security -- and limit to the bill. a vote on final passage of that bill expected sometime this week. live coverage of the senate when they return on c-span2. legislative court today. members will pavel benchmark at noon eastern for speeches and to a clock in to begin work for the week on the agenda. several bills dealing with offshore oil drilling and later this week lawmakers will work on a spending bill to fund the agriculture department during the next fiscal year. live coverage of the house is always here on c-span. today's white house briefing happens at noon eastern. we will have that live when it gets under way. you could expect -- >> first ladies have the capacity for to personify if they so choose. this is a pattern in american women and politics, famous or not. one, they are women, real people who actually do things. but there is the secondary capacity of being a personifying figure, a charismatic figure. i think many of first lady have become first lady and realizing it was larger than life. that was someth
harry reid is setting the stage for a vote to advance the new border security -- and limit to the bill. a vote on final passage of that bill expected sometime this week. live coverage of the senate when they return on c-span2. legislative court today. members will pavel benchmark at noon eastern for speeches and to a clock in to begin work for the week on the agenda. several bills dealing with offshore oil drilling and later this week lawmakers will work on a spending bill to fund the...
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host: are he and harry reid talking at all? not only are they not really speaking, but the same time their staffs have a lot of acrimony between them as well. that is really the problem on capitol hill. the relationships between the leaders are poisonous and the relationships between the staff. the gauche nations aren't happening at all. there are no behind-the-scenes talks. the urbane or is working within his own conference and so was senate majority leader harry reid. where are the big talks? they're just not happening. the house and senate are in session today. was he house going to be doing and was on the senate's bill? guest: the most important is a closed-door meeting in the basement of the capitol. saye leaders are going to what is the path ahead? will republicans resist that trade are the conservatives not going to let that happen within the house? if they are going to continue the shutdown they have to come up with a strategy, how you can combine the debt limit deal with the cr deal i can pass the house. that is going
host: are he and harry reid talking at all? not only are they not really speaking, but the same time their staffs have a lot of acrimony between them as well. that is really the problem on capitol hill. the relationships between the leaders are poisonous and the relationships between the staff. the gauche nations aren't happening at all. there are no behind-the-scenes talks. the urbane or is working within his own conference and so was senate majority leader harry reid. where are the big talks?...
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-- harry reid has promised a vote on unemployment insurance. does that become part of the debt ceiling debate and should it? that ist should, but not what republicans have in mind as a ransom. democrats are really adamant about it. many feel they gave up the best opportunity. remember, when unemployment has remained this high at seven percent when we have had this extent of long-term unemployment, we have always had extensionsion -- an of the federal program. see congressd to not act on this. getink we conceivably could the support to override a filibuster in the senate. it ifn boehner could pass you brought it to the floor, but it will be very tough getting him to do so. guest: there is a larger element to this. the budget deal used all of the so-called low hanging fruit of raising revenues without calling them taxes. there is only one thing left, and it has been used all couple times. we always fall back on it, revenue from spec from auctions. entertains we will extending unemployment if you find a way to pay for it. what we have also seen in
-- harry reid has promised a vote on unemployment insurance. does that become part of the debt ceiling debate and should it? that ist should, but not what republicans have in mind as a ransom. democrats are really adamant about it. many feel they gave up the best opportunity. remember, when unemployment has remained this high at seven percent when we have had this extent of long-term unemployment, we have always had extensionsion -- an of the federal program. see congressd to not act on this....
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i am glad harry reid and the senate have finally come to sit down and talk with the republican leader there. that.ourage we also, as the house republican conference, think it is very important for us to stress, in whatever proposal we move fairness.ill reflect no special treatment for anybody under the law. >> we think individuals should be treated fairly. big business should not have special treatment. number's up congress should not have special treatment. we are very cognizant of the calendar. we want a bipartisan solution that gets us moving forward and gets america working again. >> for weeks now, republicans in the house have been leading with solutions. we believe this is a time for solutions, and they need to be based upon fairness for all. we recognize that people across the country continue to struggle and have their challenges. as a foundation, we want to ensure that laws are implemented , whether it is moms, dads, small businesses, seniors, young people trying to move their way forward. we remain committed to being part of the solution, to working in a bipartisan fashion,
i am glad harry reid and the senate have finally come to sit down and talk with the republican leader there. that.ourage we also, as the house republican conference, think it is very important for us to stress, in whatever proposal we move fairness.ill reflect no special treatment for anybody under the law. >> we think individuals should be treated fairly. big business should not have special treatment. number's up congress should not have special treatment. we are very cognizant of the...
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harry reid decided to devote most of the week's procedure -- proceedings two nominations in order to use the rules enacted last month that allow for most comedies to be confirmed without having to clear a 60 vote hurdle. republicans are making good on threats to use procedural tactics to slow the prices -- the process. the senate was an all night last night in the night before. we will see what happens over the late hours tonight. u.s. agencies dance around cell phone use aloft. "the new york times," the transportation apartment said on thursday it would consider banning cell phones for voice calls on airplanes, a reaction to public outrage at an sec proposal to lift a rule that has long forbidden the use of mobile phones during flight. consumers will soon be able to text, check e-mail, and connect to the internet on their cell phones while their flight is above 10,000 feet. 2 to go ahead 3- with its own measure to solicit comment on whether to repeal the rule unconnected devices. all 5 commissioners said they have shared the public's doubts about such change. after nearly three week
harry reid decided to devote most of the week's procedure -- proceedings two nominations in order to use the rules enacted last month that allow for most comedies to be confirmed without having to clear a 60 vote hurdle. republicans are making good on threats to use procedural tactics to slow the prices -- the process. the senate was an all night last night in the night before. we will see what happens over the late hours tonight. u.s. agencies dance around cell phone use aloft. "the new...
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now, harry reid is doing it. everyone is puzzling up. republicans did not do it. host: thank you for the call. other news organizations have used -- these are all in the c- span video library. we showed you what senator obama and senators reid and mcconnell have said in the past. you can check that out on your own at c-span.org. our last call is from new york. independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. first, i think that this is a necessary action. i do think it will come back to haunt the democrats. the other caller -- the republicans involve us in a war, but that is ok. host: thank you for the call. we want to take you to the senate floor and more from yesterday's discussion. the man behind it -- some are now calling it the reid rule. [video clip] >> to the average american, this is common sense. this is not about democrat first republicans. it is about making washington work regardless of who is in the white house. to remain relevant, the senate must evolve to meet the challenges of the modern era. i have no doubt that my republican colleagues argue
now, harry reid is doing it. everyone is puzzling up. republicans did not do it. host: thank you for the call. other news organizations have used -- these are all in the c- span video library. we showed you what senator obama and senators reid and mcconnell have said in the past. you can check that out on your own at c-span.org. our last call is from new york. independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. first, i think that this is a necessary action. i do think it will come back to...
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this is a harry reid-mitch mcconnell discussion right now. republicans have passed a bill to sequester bills. true an untruth. that was last year before the 113th congress. those bills are no longer legally liable. they are meaningless. they will have to pass meaningful bills. host: where was john hogan when g.w.b. was running all of that debt and deficit? caller: good morning. president obama wants to raise the taxes on the corporate jet owners and the oil company subsidies and things like that. of that will come back onto the middle class. we will have $5 or $6 a gallon gasoline. he cannot force people at the oil companies to take because he was then to take. if they do that to be sequestered, we will not have any cuts at all. he just wants to pass it on to us. it is similar to what happens in the space when they run into a fiscal problem. they always complain we will lose firemen and policemen and you will not have the streets plowed. that is the excuse they use. obama is using the excuse is that the poor will not have any money to cut thi
this is a harry reid-mitch mcconnell discussion right now. republicans have passed a bill to sequester bills. true an untruth. that was last year before the 113th congress. those bills are no longer legally liable. they are meaningless. they will have to pass meaningful bills. host: where was john hogan when g.w.b. was running all of that debt and deficit? caller: good morning. president obama wants to raise the taxes on the corporate jet owners and the oil company subsidies and things like...
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and i also want to say that harry reid and mr. boehner have a conversation about the budget and reid was having a hard time getting the democrats to go along with this low budget, the sequester budget, that boehner said he would get through. so boehner did not get through that budget, and so i think that he needs to get the shutdown finished by having a vote in the house of representatives on the senate budget. i also want to say that adam smith of washington said it very plainly and very concisely that the last time we almost had a shutdown -- shut down, $2 trillion in cuts were given by the democrats and only $600 billion in tax revenues were raised. so i think that we need to get the government opened before we ven talk about the debt limit. because that will fall into place. >> the house coming in this morning, at noon eastern. about five minutes away. taking up one bill today on funding for border security. the republican conference meeting this morning. coming up with plan, offering a plan for a six-week extension of the deb
and i also want to say that harry reid and mr. boehner have a conversation about the budget and reid was having a hard time getting the democrats to go along with this low budget, the sequester budget, that boehner said he would get through. so boehner did not get through that budget, and so i think that he needs to get the shutdown finished by having a vote in the house of representatives on the senate budget. i also want to say that adam smith of washington said it very plainly and very...
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guest: we note that harry reid and john boehner speak on a river basis. they try to speak once a week. there were conversations before recess about the possibility of all this. we don't know but perhaps there were discussions on the sidelines of the rosa parks statue unveiling yesterday. the house majority leader have been firm. the senate we'll -- we'll deal with it great otherwise, it does not look like there will be significant progress. we have to wait and see. the way it works, sometimes these conversations are ongoing. somebody is coming to the floor or a bill can be brought up and things can get moving again. we are in a wait and see mode. otherwise, we are waiting to see things go at the white house and whether lawmakers will jump in on friday or wait until next week. host: thank you for your time. ed o'keefe for the washington post. the "washington times" here is president obama and speaker boehner. never let it be said that president obama has failed to spend time with the begin leaders in seeking an alternative to budget cuts that will hit most
guest: we note that harry reid and john boehner speak on a river basis. they try to speak once a week. there were conversations before recess about the possibility of all this. we don't know but perhaps there were discussions on the sidelines of the rosa parks statue unveiling yesterday. the house majority leader have been firm. the senate we'll -- we'll deal with it great otherwise, it does not look like there will be significant progress. we have to wait and see. the way it works, sometimes...
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if the committee votes and approve the senate nomination, harry reid said he'd like a full senate vote either wednesday or thursday. the armed services committee met this morning to look at the upcoming sequester. those automatic defense cuts set to happen march 1. and they heard from among others the chairman or the joint chiefs of the -- the chief of staff of the army, general ray odierno. >> the fiscal outlook, which the army faces in fiscal year threen and to my hodge -- 2013 and to my knowledge is dire and unprecedented. by the budget control act of 2011, the combination of the continuing resolution, a shortfall -- excuse me -- the -- a shortfall in overseas contingency operation funds for afghanistan and the sequester in fiscal year 2013 has resulted in a $17 billion to $18 billion shortfall to the army's operation and maintenance accounts. as well as an additional $6 billion cut to other programs. all of this will come in the remaining seven months of this year. the fiscal year 2013 fiscal situation will have grave and immediate readiness impacts by all forces not serving in afg
if the committee votes and approve the senate nomination, harry reid said he'd like a full senate vote either wednesday or thursday. the armed services committee met this morning to look at the upcoming sequester. those automatic defense cuts set to happen march 1. and they heard from among others the chairman or the joint chiefs of the -- the chief of staff of the army, general ray odierno. >> the fiscal outlook, which the army faces in fiscal year threen and to my hodge -- 2013 and to...
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mcgovern: i'm glad the gentleman from texas agrees with harry reid. i hope he agrees with harry reid on more things in the future, but the fact of the matter is this show business before us does nothing other than postpone this debate on the debt ceiling for three months. it doesn't require a finished product. it does not require that we actually have something that amounts to a deal that goes to the president's desk. this is, you know, the house will pass their extreme budget like they always do. the senate will probably do something. and then nothing else is required. there's no requirement for a deal in order to get your pay. i mean, this is show business. this is show business. and what we should be doing is providing certainty to the business community that we're not going to default on our obligations in three months. we ought to come together and figure out a way to be able to get this budget in balance without destroying the social safety net in this country. again, the problem has always been -- and let's be clear about this -- as much as i g
mcgovern: i'm glad the gentleman from texas agrees with harry reid. i hope he agrees with harry reid on more things in the future, but the fact of the matter is this show business before us does nothing other than postpone this debate on the debt ceiling for three months. it doesn't require a finished product. it does not require that we actually have something that amounts to a deal that goes to the president's desk. this is, you know, the house will pass their extreme budget like they always...
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the senate is different -- any senator can bring up a bill at any time, although harry reid prevented that from happening. i think republicans should not have gotten this into this crisis in the first place, and president was irresponsible in not negotiating in bringing us to the brink of this financial fiasco. fortunately, we have gotten out of this, but like i said, i am not sure we resolved any the issues. we still have obamacare, which is not just -- all of the problems with the exchanges and how it will increase our deficit, but as an economist, i worry about what this will do for employment. i talk to employers all over the country, traveling a lot, and they tell me they are not going to hire more than 50 workers. some have 65 workers and they say they will cut back. i also talked to a lot of employers in the fast food restaurants, and the fast food industry is the biggest employer in america, and they say they are cutting back their hours to 28 hours a week. for people that are lower income, need a full-time job, that is a real hardship. host: you are a member of the editorial
the senate is different -- any senator can bring up a bill at any time, although harry reid prevented that from happening. i think republicans should not have gotten this into this crisis in the first place, and president was irresponsible in not negotiating in bringing us to the brink of this financial fiasco. fortunately, we have gotten out of this, but like i said, i am not sure we resolved any the issues. we still have obamacare, which is not just -- all of the problems with the exchanges...
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the first is harry reid. he stood firm from the beginning. to not fall to the tactics that were being used by the small mine nor genocide. he never buckled. he never flinched. he never doubted. he gave strength to the rest of us. the whole caucus was united behind him. i would like to praise the president. the president, again, every time we saw him every time that we dealt with them, and he was stalwart from the beginning and he realized that the kind of tactics being used by the other used again and again and again. finally, my hat goes off to senator o'connell. he is in a difficult situation. once he saw that speaker boehner was tied in a knot, he knew that he had an obligation to step up, even if it might hurt him. , i think everyone of my colleagues respect that. final point. if there is a silver line in this gray cloud, it is that the politics, the reckless politics of brinksmanship has reached its peak. that is what we hope. that is what i believe. it shows the brinkmanship does not work. the other side will not given. when a small fac
the first is harry reid. he stood firm from the beginning. to not fall to the tactics that were being used by the small mine nor genocide. he never buckled. he never flinched. he never doubted. he gave strength to the rest of us. the whole caucus was united behind him. i would like to praise the president. the president, again, every time we saw him every time that we dealt with them, and he was stalwart from the beginning and he realized that the kind of tactics being used by the other used...
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you'll also hear from the majority leader, harry reid. this is an hour. >> mr. president, i had intented to give remarks and promulgate a series of unanimous consent requests, however the majority leader requested for purposes of scheduling i begin with the request which i'm happy to do so to accommodate his schedule. but i would ask that at the conclusion of these unanimous consent requests i would ask unanimous consent that i be given 20 minutes to speak at the conclusion of this to lay out the reasons why i believe the majority should aseed to the unanimous requests. >> objection? without objection, so ordered. >> so the first unanimous consent request i would promulgate, i asked unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.j.res 72 making continuing appropriations for the veterans benefit s fiscal year 2014. i ask that the measure be read three times and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. >> is there objection? >> mr. president. >> senator from washington. >> reserving the right to
you'll also hear from the majority leader, harry reid. this is an hour. >> mr. president, i had intented to give remarks and promulgate a series of unanimous consent requests, however the majority leader requested for purposes of scheduling i begin with the request which i'm happy to do so to accommodate his schedule. but i would ask that at the conclusion of these unanimous consent requests i would ask unanimous consent that i be given 20 minutes to speak at the conclusion of this to lay...
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turned 74.t i have the same birthday as harry reid. [laughter] we are as different as two people can be. host: [laughter] what is your story? theer: i appreciated previous remarks from the callers on the articles you were showing. i agree with your article and the last on him and who called. -- gentleman who called. he's jobs at walmart are not supposed to be career jobs. these are supposed to be entry jobs. raising the minimum wage will kill more jobs and keep more young people from being able to get a job at all. school.ed high later on, i sent myself to college and i was 30 before i got out with my bachelors, but i continued on and got my masters also with no loans. of course, that was many years ago. it is foolish for people to make these humongous loans. they need to work and go with a minimum of help. i know college and textbooks at all cost a fortune now. i want to go back to my dad briefly. a couple of things i want to hit you with. he was one of the children of the depression. dayas making $.50 per plowing. when he was working
turned 74.t i have the same birthday as harry reid. [laughter] we are as different as two people can be. host: [laughter] what is your story? theer: i appreciated previous remarks from the callers on the articles you were showing. i agree with your article and the last on him and who called. -- gentleman who called. he's jobs at walmart are not supposed to be career jobs. these are supposed to be entry jobs. raising the minimum wage will kill more jobs and keep more young people from being able...
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all she did was " a harry reid. -- was quote harry reid. there is a lot of laziness in terms of investigative journalism. when you get a question like that you need to know what lies in what does not apply, not just what harry reid thinks about it. i am not picking on one individual because i see that edgar across the country. host: just to give us of context, the story was from politico and it was a back-and- forth between some legislators who are arguing over what could happen with obama care. we saw political report on this and we saw some push back from legislators after that. let us give a response from our guest is see if you have any follow-up. we do our best but this is important. not weird trying to do or not trying to do. it is with the story is here. is there a difference between the tennis table match of what happens in the washington and a longer format pieces that journalists want to be able to do? >> there are different types of stores that need be done. i had a caller earlier say it the tea party wants to spend money. these
all she did was " a harry reid. -- was quote harry reid. there is a lot of laziness in terms of investigative journalism. when you get a question like that you need to know what lies in what does not apply, not just what harry reid thinks about it. i am not picking on one individual because i see that edgar across the country. host: just to give us of context, the story was from politico and it was a back-and- forth between some legislators who are arguing over what could happen with obama...
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i asked harry reid, when he came out of the white house yesterday after meeting with the president, is there any chance negotiating with the president on opening the government? he said it would not happen. clearly, they are talking. there is some negotiating going on, according to the republicans. there is a path here, it seems to me. ,f you have a budget sidecar where the president can say, i did not pay a ransom, the health care law remains intact, but i wanted to give republican some assurances that i am going to negotiate over health care with them, negotiate with health care -- tax reform. i think there is a way to give everyone something to point to and say we are going to make a good-faith effort in the next month. i do not think it is possible, given the politics of the situation, for there to be real negotiations while the government a shutdown. the democrats will look at these polls and they will say, we are on the side of the angels, even though that we are not popular, we are more popular than the others. break, whetherto it is monday or tuesday. people on capitol hill hav
i asked harry reid, when he came out of the white house yesterday after meeting with the president, is there any chance negotiating with the president on opening the government? he said it would not happen. clearly, they are talking. there is some negotiating going on, according to the republicans. there is a path here, it seems to me. ,f you have a budget sidecar where the president can say, i did not pay a ransom, the health care law remains intact, but i wanted to give republican some...
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guest: we will see what harry reid does. i do not think the house needs a whole lot of advice from senators. i respect the position paul is in. desk this is deal not his solution. he has shown it. he had to try to negotiate something. i will let the house do their work and we will see what happens. sympathetic with both sides, but i want to look at the details. >>) we are learning the house rules committee is likely to take this up today at some point. the budget deal to get it on the floor as well as with a three- month extension of the medicare reimbursements for doctors. greg is a first-year for the senator in kansas city, missouri. a republican caller. hi. you are on the air. >> good morning. yes. there is overwhelming evidence proving -- [inaudible] told you be real -- willing review the evidence and adjust concerns echo demanding a new investigation? this audio faded in and out. there is a group of people out there that do not think the investigation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks with adequate enough by the federal gov
guest: we will see what harry reid does. i do not think the house needs a whole lot of advice from senators. i respect the position paul is in. desk this is deal not his solution. he has shown it. he had to try to negotiate something. i will let the house do their work and we will see what happens. sympathetic with both sides, but i want to look at the details. >>) we are learning the house rules committee is likely to take this up today at some point. the budget deal to get it on the...
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caller: good morning, i have a problem with nancy pelosi and harry reid. managed to table everything that the republican house has sent over. i disagree with the president. he said we reduced the deficit by 50%. republican house has sent over. i disagree with the president. he said we reduced the deficit by 50%. he has actually increased the deficit 127%. all he wants to do is tax and spend. limite we want to put a on his credit card, he is at all. to negotiate it is a deadlock. nothing will change unless and says,omes down ok, this is the way it is, these are the realities of this situation. until somebody gets some common sense, we are all going to be in trouble. leading aother story lot of the papers this morning is the nomination of janice yellin as the next chair of the federal reserve. as is the front page of "the washington journal." i want to play you a bit yesterday from that ceremony in which the president announced her nomination. she understands the necessity of a stable financial system were removed ahead with the reforms that we have begun. p
caller: good morning, i have a problem with nancy pelosi and harry reid. managed to table everything that the republican house has sent over. i disagree with the president. he said we reduced the deficit by 50%. republican house has sent over. i disagree with the president. he said we reduced the deficit by 50%. he has actually increased the deficit 127%. all he wants to do is tax and spend. limite we want to put a on his credit card, he is at all. to negotiate it is a deadlock. nothing will...
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senate majority leader harry reid's c.r. is for less, 1 1/2 months. each c.r. kicks the can down the road and forces america to quickly face yet another shutdown risk. each c.r. means federal agencies cannot plan long-term and contracting officers are restricted in their ability to let contracts for services and goods provided by the private sector to the federal government and american citizens. generally speaking continuing resolutions fund at prior year spending levels, which means spending does not change to reflect changing priorities, circumstances, and challenges. in sum, continuing resolutions are inherently inefficient, waste tax dollars, and retard proper federal government operation. hence, i have had historically voted against less than year-end continuing resolutions in hopes of forcing congress to do the compromising necessary to pass authorization and appropriation bills. this work will not be done so long as the continuing resolution crutch protects congress from failure, which brings us to today. the senate, white house, and congress agree on r
senate majority leader harry reid's c.r. is for less, 1 1/2 months. each c.r. kicks the can down the road and forces america to quickly face yet another shutdown risk. each c.r. means federal agencies cannot plan long-term and contracting officers are restricted in their ability to let contracts for services and goods provided by the private sector to the federal government and american citizens. generally speaking continuing resolutions fund at prior year spending levels, which means spending...
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although harry reid's prevented that from happening. i think both sides are to blame. i think republicans shouldn't have gotten us into this crisis in the first place. and i think the president has incredibly irresponsible in not negotiating and contributing to bring us right up to the brink of this potential financial fiasco. fortunately we have gotten out of this, but as i said, i'm not so sure we resolved any of the issues here. we still have obamacare, which is not just a really -- all the problems with the exchanges and how it's going to increase our deficit, but also what i worry so much about is what it's going to do to employment. i talk to employers all over the country, i travel to lot and talk to business men and women. they tell me they are not going to hire more than 50 workers. they are not. some have 65 workers say they are going to cut back. i also talked to a lot of employers, for example in the fast food restaurant. the fast food industry is the biggest employer in america, five million or six million people. they say they are cutting back their hours
although harry reid's prevented that from happening. i think both sides are to blame. i think republicans shouldn't have gotten us into this crisis in the first place. and i think the president has incredibly irresponsible in not negotiating and contributing to bring us right up to the brink of this potential financial fiasco. fortunately we have gotten out of this, but as i said, i'm not so sure we resolved any of the issues here. we still have obamacare, which is not just a really -- all the...
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senate majority leader harry reid says they could return to it in may. also on the front page, on the boston bombings -- and data sharing questions. we will talk about that with adam schiff, a member of the intelligence committee. we will get his take on the boston bombings and what we know and what we don't know. the detroit free press this morning on the economy -- the economic news for you from the detroit free press this morning. speaking of the economy and spending, "usa today has this about sequestration -- safety.that, food the fda could also take longer to review and approve new drugs. and there's this story -- the front page of the washington post -- that comes to almost $1 million in fees. finally, the irs paid $11 billion in improper refunds in 2012. oklahoma, tulsa, independent. your view of george w. bush's presidency. caller: good morning. first and foremost, in my opinion, this country will never get over having george bush. look what has happened to this country. world, george just bush, dick cheney, rumsfeld, all of those neocons would b
senate majority leader harry reid says they could return to it in may. also on the front page, on the boston bombings -- and data sharing questions. we will talk about that with adam schiff, a member of the intelligence committee. we will get his take on the boston bombings and what we know and what we don't know. the detroit free press this morning on the economy -- the economic news for you from the detroit free press this morning. speaking of the economy and spending, "usa today has...
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harry reid had not yet filed cloture on the paper. it did not happen before rand paul took to the floor and began his filibuster. at some point we expect harry reid will file cloture. it does appear that he had the 60 votes necessary. mitch mcconnell took to the floor and said he did not think republicans should vote for cloture nor for the nomination itself. one wonders if there will be five republicans voting with the democrats. there are some democrats that could conceivably part ways. there were concerns. host: can you predict a schedule for us of events in the senate? guest: we will see it cloture filed but some points. whether they delayed a vote for tomorrow morning or kicking it into next week. it is a matter of whether the democrats want to get a vote done today or they will wait. i suspect there will try to take advantage of what went on into the night and may try to make political hay delay a vote until tuesday. host: here is the headline of one article. who did he have dinner with last night? guest: i started to lose count
harry reid had not yet filed cloture on the paper. it did not happen before rand paul took to the floor and began his filibuster. at some point we expect harry reid will file cloture. it does appear that he had the 60 votes necessary. mitch mcconnell took to the floor and said he did not think republicans should vote for cloture nor for the nomination itself. one wonders if there will be five republicans voting with the democrats. there are some democrats that could conceivably part ways. there...
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guest: mcconnell was trying to pass his version of the deal that was raise by harry reid. conservatives are slamming him for it. it funded $340,000 worth of television adds that were critical of mcconnell's role in he fight to defund obama care. many conservatives were not satisfied with this bill. 18 republicans vote against it on wednesday. mcconnell is out there selling it and explaining why it is a good idea. so i think that is why he is out -- host: there is one quote we want you to follow up on. i think we have acquainted our new members with what a losing strategy that was with reference to the government shutdown. clearly he had to be referring to tea party members and ted cruz? guest: yes, he said te compared the political fight of the government shutdown to a tick from a mule. one of my favorite kentucky things is there is no education in the second kick of a mule. the second kick was over the last 16 days. the first kick was in the 1990's. there is no ex-on the second education on the second kick of a mule. we already knew this would be bad politics. john mccain
guest: mcconnell was trying to pass his version of the deal that was raise by harry reid. conservatives are slamming him for it. it funded $340,000 worth of television adds that were critical of mcconnell's role in he fight to defund obama care. many conservatives were not satisfied with this bill. 18 republicans vote against it on wednesday. mcconnell is out there selling it and explaining why it is a good idea. so i think that is why he is out -- host: there is one quote we want you to follow...
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k look set senate leader harry reid. -- politico looks at senate leader harry reid. it says -- more on what you can find online. we are asking folks about who had the best year in politics. we hear from the democrats line. caller: i think president obama did. democrats did because of 47 straight months of private and if theth republicans hadn't blocked and laid off all the -- as fartor people as candidates for president, i think bernie sanders would be one great president. from twitter -- from jackson mississippi, independent line. i think the whole premise of the question is flawed. nobody had a good year. politics is really just rotten in america. you guys in the news media had the best year. that is for all the money went. the money goes to the news media. follow the money. america.is rotten in i don't know. can: dan from a pr, ms. it -- from up here, michigan. -- from michigan. they crossed all kinds of lines from hispanics to the -- hispanics and to the blacks to the gays. more call on this. mark from novelty, ohio, talking about who had the best year in politic
k look set senate leader harry reid. -- politico looks at senate leader harry reid. it says -- more on what you can find online. we are asking folks about who had the best year in politics. we hear from the democrats line. caller: i think president obama did. democrats did because of 47 straight months of private and if theth republicans hadn't blocked and laid off all the -- as fartor people as candidates for president, i think bernie sanders would be one great president. from twitter -- from...
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in creating obamacare, senator harry reid took an entirely unrelated bill, h.r. 3590, containing just 714 words, and -- that did not raise taxes, and then he stripped it of everything but its bill number. he then put the 400,000-word obamacare that raised taxes in 17 different places into this empty shell bill. through this bit of legislative trickery, mr. speaker, mr. reid claims that obamacare originated in the house. when in fact every last provision of obamacare, including the largest tax increase in american history, all came from the senate. mr. speaker, this sort of procedure absolutely ignores and vacates the founders' intent. and it renders the origination clause of our constitution completely meaningless. if it is allowed to stand the origination clause in the constitution is a dead letter, mr. speaker. and this is not a small or marginal issue. the principle behind the origination clause was the moral justification for our entire war of independence. its importance was expressed through the virginia house of burgesses, the stamp act congress and the first continental congre
in creating obamacare, senator harry reid took an entirely unrelated bill, h.r. 3590, containing just 714 words, and -- that did not raise taxes, and then he stripped it of everything but its bill number. he then put the 400,000-word obamacare that raised taxes in 17 different places into this empty shell bill. through this bit of legislative trickery, mr. speaker, mr. reid claims that obamacare originated in the house. when in fact every last provision of obamacare, including the largest tax...
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i will not attack that. >> tea party. >> harry reid's best friend. thank you for saving the majority in the senate, tea partiers. >> understood. >> reagan. >> principles. >> principles and liberals. he was ahead of his time on gay rights. signed amnesty for undocumented workers. reagan was a liberal. >> president barack obama. >> greatest president of the 21st century. obvious. even you have to agree he was better than bush. >> i would say cold, remote, and deeply cynical. >> an easy one -- god >> present in the details. >> god is love. [applause] >> just by luck of the draw, you lead with satan. >> hate. >> the dark lord of good intentions. >> last one -- hugo chavez. >> satan's roommate now. [laughter] [applause] >> i really wish i could annoy you, but he was a -- >> that is the end here and we need to hear from you. who is the winner? who is it? tuckergala, or is it carlson? >> i win. is counting the votes. >> you go back and read the papers again. listen, we want to thank each of these. we want to thank you, and especially want to thank paul bega
i will not attack that. >> tea party. >> harry reid's best friend. thank you for saving the majority in the senate, tea partiers. >> understood. >> reagan. >> principles. >> principles and liberals. he was ahead of his time on gay rights. signed amnesty for undocumented workers. reagan was a liberal. >> president barack obama. >> greatest president of the 21st century. obvious. even you have to agree he was better than bush. >> i would say...
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[laughter] senator harry reid will be played by the old man from the american gothic painting. fox news ceo roger ailes will be played by -- speaker boehner will be played by tan mom. secretary of homeland security janet napolitano will be played by paul giamatti. [laughter] former white house chief of staff and chicago mayor rahm emanuel will be played by stewie from "family guy." secretary of state john kerry will be played by any easter island head. i cannot tell those two apart. [laughter] supreme court chief justice john roberts will be played by buzz light year. senator mitch mcconnell will be played by dame edna. cnn anchor wolf blitzer will be played by a furby. lockyear will be played by the facemelt guy from "raiders of the lost ark." and white house press secretary jay carney will be played by ralphie from "a christmas story." ladies and gentlemen, this is a huge honor. m [applause] >> great job, conan. that was awesome. we want to thank everyone for a really terrific night. especially my family and friends. everybody in the room tonight. thank you very much. it was
[laughter] senator harry reid will be played by the old man from the american gothic painting. fox news ceo roger ailes will be played by -- speaker boehner will be played by tan mom. secretary of homeland security janet napolitano will be played by paul giamatti. [laughter] former white house chief of staff and chicago mayor rahm emanuel will be played by stewie from "family guy." secretary of state john kerry will be played by any easter island head. i cannot tell those two apart....
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majority leader harry reid hates it. they created it. imagine how the rest of us feel about it. somehow our leaders cannot seem to figure a way out of its. we all agree the country needs to find a more sustainable fiscal path. in my view, we need a balanced thatach, as wels said, includes both spending and revenues. cuts in spending should focus on programs of a growing the most, not on discretionary spending, which is not growing, is not the problem, and yet has already borne the brunt of cuts. the discretionary spending is a part of the budget where america's future lies. include such investment as research and education. cutting investment in our future is not the way to solve this problem. yet that is exactly what the sequester will do. there is a better way. we have talked about the impact of the sequester on an economy that is still recovering. i want to focus on the longer term, the economy and the nation that we will leave to our children, our grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. the research being cut but the sequester affects long-term health, quality of life, and e
majority leader harry reid hates it. they created it. imagine how the rest of us feel about it. somehow our leaders cannot seem to figure a way out of its. we all agree the country needs to find a more sustainable fiscal path. in my view, we need a balanced thatach, as wels said, includes both spending and revenues. cuts in spending should focus on programs of a growing the most, not on discretionary spending, which is not growing, is not the problem, and yet has already borne the brunt of...
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nancy pelosi and harry reid were in charge. those programs did not take effect until this year, things like dodd-frank and obamacare. we had a campaign against big government in theory. the empty promises. here is the difference now -- we have got government in practice. what we are realizing is that the results are nothing like the rhetoric that was used to sell them. we are realizing that this was not always cracked up to be. i wonder if people who know know what they know now what they -- would rehire these people again? what do you think? when you take a look at these issues honestly, that is where i see optimism. that is where i think we have a chance. this is where i think we have a real opportunity. we are no longer looking at big government in theory anymore. we are seeing big government in practice. we are seeing the hollowness of these promises. we are seeing these issues as they come forward and we don't like it. i'm not talking about we as republicans, but americans. everyone. what we have to do is that we have to s
nancy pelosi and harry reid were in charge. those programs did not take effect until this year, things like dodd-frank and obamacare. we had a campaign against big government in theory. the empty promises. here is the difference now -- we have got government in practice. what we are realizing is that the results are nothing like the rhetoric that was used to sell them. we are realizing that this was not always cracked up to be. i wonder if people who know know what they know now what they --...
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host: ease of the words of senator harry reid. we as a body have the power on any given day to change the rules with a simple majority. i will do that if necessary. it is called the nuclear option. guest: i think senate democrats are nervous about doing that because they might change these rules and then all of sudden republicans get in to control. and then what happens? the senate is a deliberative body. it takes a lot of time to deliberate. the rules are there for a reason. i think that is because they serve the minority and you never know when you are going to be in the minority. reached a point of inappropriateness when district courts -- district judges throughout the courts are being filibustered. it is not appropriate. host: our phone lines are open. we talk about the issues of the past week and look ahead as congress returns to washington beginning tomorrow. we have seen the debate over same-sex marriage. senator bob casey joined a number of other democratic senators who have formally announced their views on that. we are
host: ease of the words of senator harry reid. we as a body have the power on any given day to change the rules with a simple majority. i will do that if necessary. it is called the nuclear option. guest: i think senate democrats are nervous about doing that because they might change these rules and then all of sudden republicans get in to control. and then what happens? the senate is a deliberative body. it takes a lot of time to deliberate. the rules are there for a reason. i think that is...
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harry reid picks and chooses which pieces he's willing to do when we move legislation, and, you know, there's a lot more to government that could be open today if he simple wool take up the bills that are being passed by bipartisan majority in the house and put them on the senate floor. he just won't do it. host: let's take another call from james on our republican line. go ahead. caller: yeah, good morning. my name is james. i'm 50 years old. i really do have the answer toss fix our question and the medical bankruptcy problems that are macing america. i've been stuck in the working poor class for 30 years trying to break through, and you can't do it because of the medical vampires. they'll suck the financial lifeblood right out of you. they're costing middle-class working families, working poor class families, and it's kind of a cancer to the economy. also, if we could just stop making the working poor class man pay rent, we will infuse so much money. t's got a cap on $4,000 or $5,000 realistic medical emergency. you can't use it because you got the flu. it's a real medical emergency
harry reid picks and chooses which pieces he's willing to do when we move legislation, and, you know, there's a lot more to government that could be open today if he simple wool take up the bills that are being passed by bipartisan majority in the house and put them on the senate floor. he just won't do it. host: let's take another call from james on our republican line. go ahead. caller: yeah, good morning. my name is james. i'm 50 years old. i really do have the answer toss fix our question...
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i think the senate and harry reid ought to pick up one of the 150 jobs bills we have sent to them. 202 is the area code. texasa republican from chairman of the ways and mean's committee. the numbers -- you can also participate from twitter or e-mail. unemployment benefits -- if unemployment benefits have been included, how would you have voted? under law, they have gone beyond what their purpose is. the focus is how we get these folks back to work. almost every report shows that the longer you are out of work, the less chance you get back to work. two years ago, when we reached an agreement to extend unemployment, the white house is agreed to extend unemployment programs, match local workers every state has been pushed off. i don't think there's the trust level they are serious about, doing what needs to be done to get folks back into jobs. $12.6 billion in security fees for new airline passengers. is this a new task? i believe this was included in the house conservatives budget. pay the share of the securities that go with it. i do not like to pay higher passenger fees. i know they ar
i think the senate and harry reid ought to pick up one of the 150 jobs bills we have sent to them. 202 is the area code. texasa republican from chairman of the ways and mean's committee. the numbers -- you can also participate from twitter or e-mail. unemployment benefits -- if unemployment benefits have been included, how would you have voted? under law, they have gone beyond what their purpose is. the focus is how we get these folks back to work. almost every report shows that the longer you...
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the house can pass a million pieces of reform legislation, but harry reid can ignore those. a you are going to force conversation between the republicans and democrats, there are only a few leverage points. the: if you had been in house republican caucus meeting, would you have given john boehner a standing ovation? guest: no. i think the mistake that john was an made unwillingness to pull everybody together early. thatbroadcast quite loudly they were going to do whatever it took to avoid a government shutdown. if you go into a negotiation showing all of your cards to the other side, you will lose. they naturally lost. i think what frustrates our caucus is the circular firing squad that some senate republicans and house republicans formed against the people that were trying to stop obamacare. host: who were some of those? guest: famously, lindsey graham and john mccain were wacko birds. mitch mcconnell, richard burr. of the matter is that all of them voted against obamacare. all of them said on the campaign trail that they wanted to defund obamacare. was that we are the only
the house can pass a million pieces of reform legislation, but harry reid can ignore those. a you are going to force conversation between the republicans and democrats, there are only a few leverage points. the: if you had been in house republican caucus meeting, would you have given john boehner a standing ovation? guest: no. i think the mistake that john was an made unwillingness to pull everybody together early. thatbroadcast quite loudly they were going to do whatever it took to avoid a...
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harry reid saying he will bring it to the floor. he held a news conference yesterday after meeting with his caucus. here is what he had to say. [video clip] am finding cloture on the bill as reported out of judiciary committee. background checks, trafficking, school safety. i am going forward on that. if there are compromises made, i had mark package and others come to me -- they did something on mental health. and they have been working on this for a long time, background checks. blumenthal has a very forward leaning proposal that he worked with senator lau bloomberg on the size and capacity of clips and magazines. all kinds of things that can be done with amendments to the bill. but as i said yesterday, if people think the law now in the country is too weak, this bill will strengthen it. if people think it is too strong, they can offer amendments to weaken it. but we are moving forward on this bill. the american people deserve a vote on this legislation. host: harry reid yesterday talking after meeting with his caucus, setting a v
harry reid saying he will bring it to the floor. he held a news conference yesterday after meeting with his caucus. here is what he had to say. [video clip] am finding cloture on the bill as reported out of judiciary committee. background checks, trafficking, school safety. i am going forward on that. if there are compromises made, i had mark package and others come to me -- they did something on mental health. and they have been working on this for a long time, background checks. blumenthal...
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like harry reid said, this law has been law for four years. so they should have their stuff together and they should enact the law, because the delays are basically to get past the next election, and i think that if people in this country see what a wretch this is. the comment was made by jill that we need to enacted to see what unfairness there is in it. like nancy pelosi saying -- that is absurd. as the people in congress right now, what they know about the bill, they learned after they signed it. host: last night a few house members had an interesting suggestion on how to handle this. the senate should bring it up and add both and immigration amendment that would include a path to citizenship to those 12 million undocumented aliens and a tough gun control amendment, then send it back to the house for approval. like the caller just said a moment ago. guest: we would have a divided nation if we did that. regardless of what the callers have said, i think it remains true that this is such a complicated, ambitious thing that the democrats are tr
like harry reid said, this law has been law for four years. so they should have their stuff together and they should enact the law, because the delays are basically to get past the next election, and i think that if people in this country see what a wretch this is. the comment was made by jill that we need to enacted to see what unfairness there is in it. like nancy pelosi saying -- that is absurd. as the people in congress right now, what they know about the bill, they learned after they...
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is not going to abandon his signature piece of legislation and harry reid will not let that occur. improve the law to get at the things the senator is talking about? if the president has already delayed the employer mandate and if you look at this mess with the enrollment, it's a reasonable argument, i think, to say maybe we should delay the rollout and there is no business i'm aware of that would have gone into the field with a computer program that they had not tested from start to finish. not take advantage of the difficulties to advance your position rather than staking out a position that is unattainable? that would be a loser. from newnext is alice jersey, democrats line. caller: thank you. please don't hang up on may. me. when you first came on i thought you were a moderate. in the time i've listened to you, you are no better than mr. cruz who is a christian dominion us. to say nothing like this has ever happened in our government there and for you to say president dug his heels in -- what did you want him to do? they wanted to overturn has election. unsign hisim to legislat
is not going to abandon his signature piece of legislation and harry reid will not let that occur. improve the law to get at the things the senator is talking about? if the president has already delayed the employer mandate and if you look at this mess with the enrollment, it's a reasonable argument, i think, to say maybe we should delay the rollout and there is no business i'm aware of that would have gone into the field with a computer program that they had not tested from start to finish....
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this -- harry reid tweeted this. i will push for an extension when the senate convenes after the new year. he has also said that he would push for an increase to the minimum wage when senate returns in january. what is the likelihood the uninsurance benefits passes both chambers and minimum wage gets to the president's desk. guest: that is unlikely. the probability of unemployment insurance is much higher than the minimum wage. republicans in the house have shown little to no interest in adjusting minimum wage. part, we can consider these minimum wage bills to be a message from democrats. they're going to push it as a message and hope that when they go home, they can tell voters they are pushing for minimum wages and republicans are not. host: let's go back to how we began. john boehner was telling reporters that the reaction from outside groups, conservative groups to this budget deal is ridiculous. what did you make of that? john mayer has had a lot of frustration trying to get his conference -- john weiner -- boeh
this -- harry reid tweeted this. i will push for an extension when the senate convenes after the new year. he has also said that he would push for an increase to the minimum wage when senate returns in january. what is the likelihood the uninsurance benefits passes both chambers and minimum wage gets to the president's desk. guest: that is unlikely. the probability of unemployment insurance is much higher than the minimum wage. republicans in the house have shown little to no interest in...
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majority leader harry reid is working they have a sequester repeal. can anything be done about the air travel delays? >> yes. look, my best solution is to undo sequester and replaced it with more rational types of cuts, and that would be leader reid has an amendment which got the support on our side, not on the other side, and having said that, i noted last night jay carney, the president's spokesperson, said he would be open to a solution just for faa. the transportation department has probably the worst lead on sequestration, because so many of their employees are not affected because they are funded in part it squeezes the air traffic controllers. no know that rockefeller along with senator thune was meeting yesterday with a faa to come up with a solution. i would certainly be open to it. >> have had hearings in the senate armed armed services committee and we have heard from everybody except the navy. the kinds of hearings we have, every one of our uniformed service chiefs have said it cannot defend the nation if we continue with this sequester. i
majority leader harry reid is working they have a sequester repeal. can anything be done about the air travel delays? >> yes. look, my best solution is to undo sequester and replaced it with more rational types of cuts, and that would be leader reid has an amendment which got the support on our side, not on the other side, and having said that, i noted last night jay carney, the president's spokesperson, said he would be open to a solution just for faa. the transportation department has...
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you put harry reid on the cover. if you look up the words chicken hawk and neocon, there's a picture of bill kristol. the only people who were surprised that president obama won the election were fox news viewers. host: thanks for the call. guest: i was not surprised. i thought romney had a chance, and he was all a little short at the end. if the viewer does not want to watch fox news, he has other options. host: our next caller is from pennsylvania. caller: good morning. the way i perturbed about william kristol was i got mixed up with the comedian billy crystal. guest: it happens all the time. caller: when billy crystal goes on his long rants, he actually says some things that are funny. the one funny thing you said is you thought we should have sent more troops into iraq. you must be the only one i have ever read say that. guest: we did send more troops in 2007. the surge worked incredibly well and casualties were extremely low by the end of 2008 of one they had been very high in 2006. i'm not the only person to h
you put harry reid on the cover. if you look up the words chicken hawk and neocon, there's a picture of bill kristol. the only people who were surprised that president obama won the election were fox news viewers. host: thanks for the call. guest: i was not surprised. i thought romney had a chance, and he was all a little short at the end. if the viewer does not want to watch fox news, he has other options. host: our next caller is from pennsylvania. caller: good morning. the way i perturbed...
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when the senate returns senator majority leader harry reid says they will take up gun legislation and says majority ader harry reid says senator feinstein's proposal will be excluded but will get a separate vote as an amendment. that the juncture, tactics matter. also -- i know this "washington post" this morning calling on the senate to approve a restriction on high-capacity ammunition magazines when they take up gun legislation when they return after this spring recess on april 8. john in annapolis, democratic caller. hi john. caller: thanks a lot for c-span. i'm really glad to see that some of these republican call errs are evolving and republican politicians are evolving along gay marriage and , you know, it's always encouraging to hear, people that previously said they don't believe in evolution to hear that they are actually evolving. that's pretty encouraging. they want to convince the government to stay off of our backs, i think first they should stop asking the government for money and maybe stay out of our bedrooms. that would be like a good start. i don't know. it just seem
when the senate returns senator majority leader harry reid says they will take up gun legislation and says majority ader harry reid says senator feinstein's proposal will be excluded but will get a separate vote as an amendment. that the juncture, tactics matter. also -- i know this "washington post" this morning calling on the senate to approve a restriction on high-capacity ammunition magazines when they take up gun legislation when they return after this spring recess on april 8....